Music-leaf turner.



F. W. MEYER.

MUSIC LEAF TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY Il. 1911.

Pgtnted Dee. 4, 1917;

UNTED STATES lPATENT OFFCE.

FREDERICK W. MEYER, OF LA SALLE, COLORADO.

Music-LEAF TURNER.

Application filed July 11, 1917.

An object of the present invention is to4 provide a music leaf turnerwhich is of simple, durable and inexpensive construction, is reliableand efficient in use, convenient of manipulation, and furthermore may bemanufactured and marketed at al relatively low cost.

A further object in the provision of an appliance of the above characterembodying a novel construction and mounting of the leaf carryingelements.

lith the abo've and other objects of simi- 'lar nature in view theinvention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts, set forth in andV falling within the scope of the appendedclaim.v

ln the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of a music leaf turnerconstructed in accordance with Y the invention, parts being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough,

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. a is a detail perspective view of a pair of leaf carrying elementsand their related mechanism.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, there isshown a music leaf turner consisting of a main support or board 5 whichis preferably of wood and has secured to its front face at its lower enda transverse ledge 6.

Secured also to the front face of the support 5 are a pair ofsubstantially U-shaped bearing plates 7 arranged in vertical alinementand adjacent the upper and lower edges of the support respectively.

A plurality of upper leaf carrying arms 8 are provided and have at theirinner ends right angular extensions 9 which are journaled in the upperbearing plate 7, said extensions adjacent the lower leg of said plateSpecification of Letters Patent.

of the upper bearing plate.

of the invention resides Patented Dec. 4, 1917.

serial No. 179,945.

being directed laterally and returned to provide stops 10 the purpose ofwhich will appear.

lilncircling each of the extensions between the legs of said plate is acoil spring 11 having its ends secured respectively to the plate and therelated stops 10. The normal tending of the springs is to urge the leafcarrying arms in one direction of their movement.

` Slidably engaged through the lower bearing plate 7 are a plurality ofrods 12 corresponding to the number of leaf carrying arms 8, the samepassing also through an angular bearing plate 13 secured to the 'supportbetween the plates 7 with their upper ends engaged loosely through thelower legs The rods 12 are furthermore equipped at their lower ends withlinger buttons 14 pivoted as at 1li to the board 5 while'pivoted theretobetween the legs of the lower bearing plateare a plurality of lower leafcarrying arms 15.

At their outer or free extremities the leaf carrying arms S and 15 areeach provided with a clip 16 by which it is fastened to the music sheet.In order to house the turning mechanism and protect it from injury acover plate 17 is provided and suitably secured to the support 5.

After connecting the leaf carrying arms with the music sheets as will bereadily understood the rods 12 are depressed and said arms swung to theright until stopped by the support 5, so that the springs 11 are placedunder tension. The rods 12 are then moved upwardly so that their uppereX- tremities will ovcrlie the corresponding stops 10 and lock the arms8 against return movement under the influence of the springs 11.

As the score is being played and it becomes necessary to turn theseveral sheets, the buttons 1st are pressed successively to disengagethe rods from the stops 10, the arms 8 being thus free to turn willreturn to their normal position under the influence of the springs andin consequence turn the music sheets as will be clearly evident.

That l claim is:

A music leaf turner including a support, a substantially U-shapedbearing plate secured to the support, a leaf carrying arm having at itsinner end an angular extension journaled in said bearing plate, saidextension between the legs of she plate be- :um loosely pivoiecladjacent the lower end 10 ing provided with zi laterally directed stop,of said rofl.

u 'spi-ing encircling the extension with its lu testimony whereof, Iu'HiX my signueucls connected lespeovely wih the plete ture in thepresence of two Witnesses.

und stop, L rod slidubly mounted on the support belou7 Seid plete, theupper enel of FREDERICK YV' MEYER' said rod passing slidably through theWitnesses:

adjacent leg of the plate in position to enlilmzun'r A. Dimmu,

gege Suid 'Stop und a second leaf ozu-Tying RUDOLPH E. NIEYER.

Coplas of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingghe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

